Ernest Sandeen Papers
1931-1998.
Origination : Sandeen, Ernest Emanuel, 1908-Extent : 30 linear feet
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.
Legal Status
PrivateAdministrative Information
Governed by contract; some Notre Dame material restricted by policy.
Source
Gift of Eileen Sandeen via Eric Sandeen.
Preferred Citation
Ernest Sandeen Papers (SAN), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556
Scope and Content
Alphabetical files, professional files, personal files, and Notre Dame files, including drafts of poems, correspondence, teaching material, memorabilia, certificates, diplomas and clippings documenting his career as a poet and as a professor.
Background
American poet, author of several volumes of poetry, Ernest Sandeen earned a B. Litt. degree from Oxford University (1933) and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa (1940). After serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, he began his teaching career in the English department at Notre Dame in 1946. He served as chair of the department, 1965-1968, and won the Sheedy Award for excellence in teaching in 1976. He died in 1997 at the age of 88.
Index
Sandeen, Ernest Emanuel, 1908-University of Notre Dame. Department of English
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence